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How to install WICD-Curses (Command Line WiFi Connection Manager) on Raspberry Pi
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# by WA8KIM / kim@kim125.com / EchoLink: WA8KIM-R / WiRES-X: Rm#21149 / Last updated 08/24/2015.
# http://www.wa8kim.com/rpi.html
# All information in this tutorial is based on the article by DembTech's Blog at:
http://dembtech.blogspot.com/2012/09/how-to-install-wifi-on-raspberry-pi.html
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Download the latest version of this file at:
http://www.wa8kim.com/files/(RPi)%20Install%20-%20WICD-Curses.txt
1. Download and install WICD-Curses
sudo apt-get install wicd-curses
2. To run, type:
wicd-curses
3. Create a shortcut to
4. (OPTIONAL) Create a shortcut to run the wicd-curses file by simply typing 'wifi' from any folder.
# The line '#!/bin/bash' at the beginning tells the RPi what program to run the script with. BASH is the program most often used.
# By placing the file in the '/usr/local/bin' folder, it can be run from any folder.
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/wifi
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#!/bin/bash
wicd-curses
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# The 'chmod +x' command makes the file executable.
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wifi
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WiFi Setup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Be aware that if you are connected via the LAN (CAt5) adapter and you are setting up your Wifi card,
WICD will drop your LAN connection as soon as you connect to your Wifi card.
I recommend the following steps to start a Wifi connection when you are SSH's into your RPi via a LAN connection:
1. Run WICD
2. Scroll down to your desired Wifi router connection
3. Use the Rt Arrow -> to config the connection
4. Check the following options by pressing the [space bar]:
a. [X] Use these settings for all networks sharing this eesis
b. [X] Automatically connect to this network
c. [X] Use Encryption
5. Scroll down to "Key:' and enter your Encryption key
6. Press [F10] to save and exit the menu
7. Press 'C" (must be a capital 'C")
- You will lose your connection now. You will have to reconnect to your RPi using your new Wifi IP address.
- If there is an error connecting to yur Wifi, it will default back to the LAN adapter after approximately 90 seconds
# In order for Wifi to work reliably, you must disable the RPI's native CAT5 network boot sequence:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
# Comment out the following line by placing a # in front of the line
#iface eth0 inet dhcp
Links:
http://www.raspyfi.com/wi-fi-on-raspberry-pi-a-simple-guide/
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REVISION HISTORY
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2015-08-24 Updated Download Link
2015-03-01 File Created